FAC Hosts More Lantern Making Workshops In Advance Of Trolloween

Learn to make lanterns shaped like critters and ghouls at the Fremont Arts Council in October. Photo from Luminata 2018 provide by the FAC

On October 31^st, the Fremont Troll is 29 years old, and the Fremont Arts Council (FAC) invites everyone to come make art, and merry, in preparation.

The FAC will host more lantern-making workshops, for those who want to light up the Troll, and the haunt to follow, with illuminated critters, creatures, ghouls, and monsters. Visit the FAC Powerhouse, at 3940 Fremont Ave N, to attend one of these free workshops on:

Thursday, October 10^th from 6p – 9p (stop by after the public meeting next door at B.F. Day for the playground renovation meeting)
Saturday, October 12^th from Noon – 6p

These workshops are open to all ages, and all abilities. The FAC wants to welcome everyone to step inside and try their hand at creating original art! Let your imagination run wild!

The FAC Trolloween celebration will continue this year with a fundraiser at The Ballroom, on Oct 31st. Photo by K. Lindsay Laney, 2009

As for the Fremont Troll’s birthday, called Trolloween, it will be on Oct 31^st starting at 7p at the curmudgeon’s ‘feet’. After, the celebration continues on the streets, led by the VamoLa Brazilian Drum & Dance band, and those 21+ are invited to continue at a fundraiser for the sculpture at The Ballroom.

Thieves and vandals have destroyed the donation box at the Fremont Troll, and funds are still needed to maintain the popular sculpture. Fremont Brewing has donated two kegs of Lush IPA, and The Ballroom will tap them and every beer pulled will give money to the FAC and its work on the Fremont Troll.

Find out more about Trolloween on the FAC website (click here,) or stop by one of the lantern-making workshops!